Will Boston's new mayor-elect make good on his campaign promise of late-night T service?

[marmar]

(Boston Globe) It was one of state Representative Martin J. Walsh’s big campaign promises to constituents championing a 24-hour city: If elected, he said, he would push for late-night MBTA service, garnering a mix of state funding and partnerships with private organizations to make the extended hours a reality.

Now, these advocates are counting on a Mayor Walsh to back up the words of candidate Walsh.

His victory could accelerate the momentum for what has sometimes seemed a pie-in-the-sky request for late service.

State legislators in July passed a transportation finance law that included requiring the T to develop a plan to extend weekend hours; the T’s Rider Oversight Committee is considering ways to encourage more students to buy discounted passes, with the money helping to fund the after-hours service; and campus associations are surveying students in an attempt to document their desire for late T service. ...................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/11/11/holding-mayor-elect-marty-walsh-his-promise-extend-night-service-mbta/CkRdBTm3rjK5fV8bI8gwdP/story.html

[KamaAina]

1. They could do it like San Francisco does

have buses running along the approximate routes of the Red, Green, Orange and Blue Lines, plus a few other key routes. A similar network of regional all-nighter buses extends across the Bay to Oakland, the East Bay, and down the Peninsula all the way to San Jose.

[Exultant Democracy]

2. The T stops before the bar's close, always a problem.

I wonder if they can bundle the money saved in drunk driving accidents avoided as a means to get this done. I'm sure it will save a lot of lives and probably a fair amount of money too.